Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Senator to listen to my words not the voices in my head. I am not sure the Government was acting responsibly in putting together that commission.

The Minister for Health has expressed concern about the health impacts of pylons. The new boss of EirGrid would not like to live near these pylons. In February the European Commission's scientific committee issued a draft report on emerging and newly identified health risks which acknowledged the potential for health effects and raised issues in respect of levels of leukaemia among people living close to major power lines.